German Election Study, 1991 (Politbarometer East) (ICPSR 6391)

This data collection consists of a cumulative file of the
Politbarometer East surveys for 1991, which queried citizens of the
former East Germany. In these surveys, certain topical questions were
asked each month and others were asked irregularly or only once. Data
cover the most important problems in Germany, level of satisfaction
with democracy, party preference, voting behavior in the last federal
election, level of sympathy for coalition and opposition parties, and
opinions about Gorbachev, Bush, Adenauer, Erhard, Grotewohl, Honecker,
Shumacher, and Ulbricht. Those surveyed also were asked about their
level of support for parties backing Kohl and Engholm, the economic
situation in East Germany, their own economic situation, whom they
considered to be the most important politician in the Federal Republic
of Germany, and their expectations regarding the outcome of the next
election for the Free Democratic Coalition (FDP). Additional questions
covered the competence of the administration and the opposition in
dealing with the economic situation in East Germany, the ousting of
Honecker, STASI (Secret Service), Berlin or Bonn as the capital, the
level of satisfaction with living circumstances under western
standards, and the possibility of moving to West Germany.

This data collection consists of a cumulative file of the
Politbarometer East surveys for 1991, which queried citizens of the
former East Germany. In these surveys, certain topical questions were
asked each month and others were asked irregularly or only once. Data
cover the most important problems in Germany, level of satisfaction
with democracy, party preference, voting behavior in the last federal
election, level of sympathy for coalition and opposition parties, and
opinions about Gorbachev, Bush, Adenauer, Erhard, Grotewohl, Honecker,
Shumacher, and Ulbricht. Those surveyed also were asked about their
level of support for parties backing Kohl and Engholm, the economic
situation in East Germany, their own economic situation, whom they
considered to be the most important politician in the Federal Republic
of Germany, and their expectations regarding the outcome of the next
election for the Free Democratic Coalition (FDP). Additional questions
covered the competence of the administration and the opposition in
dealing with the economic situation in East Germany, the ousting of
Honecker, STASI (Secret Service), Berlin or Bonn as the capital, the
level of satisfaction with living circumstances under western
standards, and the possibility of moving to West Germany.

This poll was conducted in the former German
Democratic Republic (East Germany) and does not include data from the
former West Germany.

The codebook is in German with special
formatting characters where diacritical marks occur. The codebook
contains page breaks and page headers every 67 lines in
conformity with standard European page length. Introductory matter
added by ICPSR is also formatted at 67 lines per page for consistency.

Universe:
Citizens of the former German Democratic Republic (East
Germany) aged 18 and over living in private households with telephones.

Data Type(s):
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

This poll was conducted in the former German
Democratic Republic (East Germany) and does not include data from the
former West Germany.

The codebook is in German with special
formatting characters where diacritical marks occur. The codebook
contains page breaks and page headers every 67 lines in
conformity with standard European page length. Introductory matter
added by ICPSR is also formatted at 67 lines per page for consistency.